Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Surraq, 92 AH) – Reign of al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
<p>"Suraq" remains a geographic puzzle historians have never fully resolved; its exact location between Iraq and Fars is still debated among scholars.</p><p>This dirham adds another link to this mysterious city's issues under Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, leaving researchers with rich material to pursue its lost location.</p><p>The coin's exceptional value lies in its rarity as tangible, historical evidence that an administrative and productive center by this name truly existed, keeping its geographic secrets locked within its metal to puzzle archaeologists and numismatists for ages.</p>
92 AH